Binder file and tape for the manufacture thereof



Oct. 18, 1966 J. D. TOMAN 3,279,472

BINDER FILE AND TAPE FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF Original Filed Oct. 25, 1960 30 5/ 32 ass w 36 I NVEN TOR JQEEP/w 0. 7DM/9/V,

ATTORNE United States Patent 3,279,472 BINDER FILE AND TAPE FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF Joseph D. Toman, P.O. Box 433, Ellsworth, Kans.; James L. Quinn, trustee of the estate of said Joseph D. Toman, bankrupt Original application Oct. 25, 1960, Ser. No. 64,791, now Patent No. 3,212,505, dated Oct. 19, 1965. Divided and this application Oct. 18, 1965, Ser. No. 497,361 2 Claims. (Cl. 12919) This is a division of application Serial Number 64,791, filed October 25, 1960, now Patent Number 3,212,505.

This invention relates to loose leaf binders and to loose leaf binding tapes.

The present invention relates to that general class of binder employing gummed tabs to which leaves or sheets may be adhesively secured, and it has for its object, first, the provision of a continuous binder strip of paper or textile material having gummed portions which can be partially severed to produce tabs to which leaves or sheets may be adhesively secured, without disturbing the remaining portion of the continuous binder; second, more particularly, a continuous gummed binder stn'p having successive lines of perforations delineating tabs that may be partially severed to freely project for the adhesive attachment of sheets or leaves without disturbing the remaining portion of the strip; third, a backing or folded cover the portions of which are joined by an inwardly folded leafholding means located between the cover portion and the back portion.

The invention relates also to binding hinges of the type adaptable for securing a loose leaf in a book, for securing sheets of music in a folder, or for similar purposes, and the objects of the invention include the provision of a secure form of binding member which may be economical-1y formed of a single piece of material and may be attached with great facility.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following disclosure thereof.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view showing a form of the mounting tape which may be employed alone or in the construction of a binder file;

FIGURE 2 is a sectional view and FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the mounting tape shown in FIGURE 1.

For a fuller description of various forms of the overall disclosure pertaining to this invention reference should be had to Patent 3,212,505, issued to Joseph D. Toman on October 19, 1965, the present disclosure having been shown in said patent as one form of the invention.

The embodiment of the invention shown in FIGURES 1, 2 and 3 shows the use of an additional fold or spacing portion longitudinally of the tape to permit more voluminous filing requirements, for as the papers in a file increase in number, the file becomes bulkier. The tape in this embodiment is made of paper or suitable textile material in designated lengths or in rolls, the tape extending lengthwise as in FIGURE 1. The tape has on its upper surface marginal edge portions 30 and 36 which are coated with an adhesive or a gum and adapted for attachment to the cover and back portion 11 of a binder. An ungummed spacing portion 33 is provided and this includes the median line of the tape, the portion 33 being equally spaced from the marginal edge portions 30 and 36. There are two gummed portions 31 and 35 extending throughout the length of the tape one each lying inwardly of and adjacent to the gummed marginal edge portions 30 and 36. There are two ungummed portions 32 and 34 extending throughout the length of the tape each lying inwardly of and adjacent to the gummed portions 31 and 35 and spaced apart by the ungummed spacing portion 33. The tape is scored and cut at evenly spaced intervals along its length, the cuts being shown at 37, 37, 37, 37. These cuts are made at right angles to the gummed marginal edge portions 30 and 36 and the cuts are confined to the gummed and ungummed portions 31, 34 and 32, 35. FIGURES 2 and 3 depict the manner of using the tape for permanently binding loose leaves or sheets of material. A conventional binder, size nine by twelve inches, and provided with the binding tape shown, can easily accommodate forty sheets of paper, size eight by ten and onehalf inches. Two tabs per sheet, the tabs being in the same series, may be employed. For instance two tabs of the portion 31 in the series in which tabs of the portion 31 fall could be employed to permanently secure a loose leaf. The tabs in the series could be numbered from 1 to 20 and from 1 to 20, making a total of forty tabs in that series. FIGURE 3 shows the tape as being broken at lines xx and yy for purposes of illustration only. In mounting a loose leaf in the file number 1 tab and number 1 tab would be used; number 2 tab and number 2 tab would be used, and so forth. The same procedure would be followed in using the series of tabs of the portion 35, and since there would be forty tabs, twenty loose leaves could be secured for permanent binding to that series of tabs. As the file becomes thicker and thicker due to the addition of loose leaves, the spacing portion 33 accommodates the tape to this situation.

It is to be understood that either a glue or a pressure sensitive or other adhesive may be employed in the manufacture of the tapes herein disclosed, the only requirement being that of relatively permanent adhesion to the binder.

As many changes could be made in the above constructions and many apparently widely dilferent embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, could be made without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specifications and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. For use in a binder, a leaf-holding means comprising a strip of tape which is continuous and of paper or textile material and adapted for severance into a strip of suitable length Without disturbing the remaining portion of said continuous strip of tape and having on its upper surface marginal edge portions which are gummed and adapted for attachment to the cover and back portions of a binder, an ungummed spacing portion including the median line of said tape and equally spaced from each of said gummed marginal edge portions, two gummed portions extending throughout the length of said tape one each lying inwardly of and adjacent to said gummed marginal edge portions, and two ungummed portions extending throughout the length of said tape each lying inwardly of and adjacent to said gummed portions and separated by said ungummed spacing portion, said strip of tape being cut at evenly spaced intervals along the length thereof at right angles to said gummed marginal edge portions and said spacing portion and in the region of said gummed and ungummed portions only.

3,279,472 3 4 2. A leaf-holding means as claimed in claim 1 in which References Cited by the Examiner the severed length of tape is adapted to be folded along UNITED PATENTS each of the longitudinal lines defining the juncture of said summed and ungummed portions of said tape to form igx g bight portions and in which the cuts at evenly spaced 5 1895174 1/1933 Shouts X intervals along the length of the tape are in said bight portions. JEROME SCHNALL, Primary Examiner. 

1. FOR USE IN A BINDER, A LEAF-HOLDING MEANS COMPRISING A STRIP OF TAPE WHICH IS CONTINUOUS AND A PAPER OR TEXTILE MATERIAL AND ADAPTED FOR SEVERANCE INTO A STRIP OF SUITABLE LENGTH WITHOUT DISTURBING THE REMAINING THE PORTION OF SAID CONTINUOUS STRIP OF TAPE AND HAVING ON ITS UPPER SURFACE MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS WHICH ARE GUMMED AND ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE COVER AND BACK PORTIONS OF A BINDER, AN UNGUMMED SPACING PORTION INCLUDING THE MEDIAN LINE OF SAID TAPE AND EQUALLY SPACED FROM EACH OF SAID GUMMED MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS, TWO GUMMED PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID TAPE ONE EACH LYING INWARDLY OF AND ADJACENT TO SAID GUMMED MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS, AND TWO UNGUMMED PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID TAPE EACH LYING INWARDLY OF AND ADJACENT TO SAID GUMMED PORTIONS AND SEPARATED BY SAID UNGUMMED SPACING PORTION, SAID STRIP OF TAPE BEING CUT AT EVENLY SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID GUMMED MARGINAL THE LENGTH THEREOF AT RIGHT ANGLES PORTION AND IN THE REGION OF SAID GUMMED AND UNGUMMED PORTIONS ONLY. 